Kanye West says Kim Kardashian is more of a fashion trendsetter
Kanye West says when it comes to fashion, Kim Kardashian reigns supreme over every woman, including Michelle Obama.
In an interview Tuesday with Ryan Seacrest, the rapper said he and his fiancé are "the most influential with clothing." He added: "Michelle Obama cannot Instagram a pic like what my girl Instagrammed the other day," referring to Kardashian's buzzed about selfie that revealed most of her backside.
West also said "no one is looking at what (Barack) is wearing."
West was defending Kardashian in the radio interview, saying the reality star deserves more attention from mainstream fashion magazines. He said Kardashian should grace the cover of Vogue.
Despite West's words, the first lady is a fashion trendsetter and clothes she's worn have sold out quickly after she's worn them in public.
The Jonas Brothers are disbanding
Nick, Joe and Kevin announced Tuesday they're ending their highly successful run. The news comes after the brothers abruptly canceled their tour over creative differences earlier this month.
The breakup was first reported by People magazine. Publicist Jesse Derris confirmed the news and said no other details were available.
The brothers told People the breakup was unanimous and came after Nick Jonas told his brothers in a meeting earlier this month that he felt "trapped."
The New Jersey brothers formed the band in 2005 and built a fan base through their association with the Disney Channel.
The band had been scheduled to release its fifth album later this year.
WICB President applauds amazing performance by Windies Women
President of the WICB Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron has showered praise on the West Indies Women’s Team following their capture of the Women’s T20 International Tri Series in Barbados, and has also applauded the large number of spectators who came out to see the recent Women’s T20 International Tri Series.
West Indies beat England by eight wickets at Kensington Oval on Saturday night, in the Grand Final watched by a crowd of approximately 4,000. Stafanie Taylor won the Player of the Match Award while Deandra Dottin took the Virgin Atlantic Player of the Series Award.
Speaking on behalf of the WICB and the cricket-loving public of the Caribbean, Cameron said: “It was an amazing performance in front of a packed 3Ws Stand. I spoke to the players the night before and I told them to make us proud and that is exactly what they did. It was a champion performance from our women.”
He added: “It was the way they went about the game that was particularly pleasing. The effort and the passion reminded you of what West Indies cricket is all about. We will continue to support the women’s game and I want to encourage them to do the same as they move in to Trinidad for the three ODIs against England at the Queen’s Park Oval.”
As part of its commitment to women's cricket the WICB produced and broadcast all seven matches in the Tri Series. It was the first time a women's series in the region was aired live on television.
“The well-put-together coverage attracted large viewership and we will continue to look at other ways of bringing the women’s game to the supporters who continue to be impressed with the style of play and dedication of our girls.”
Cameron said, as a result, there had been growth in the team’s fan base.
“It was heartening to see how the crowds came out and cheered on the teams. We saw fans from England, we saw New Zealand fans joining the West Indies fans as they enjoyed some very entertaining matches and a fantastic tournament,” he added.
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British woman books holiday to Granada, Spain, but ends up in Grenada
A British grandmother who booked a holiday to Spain ended up in the Caribbean by mistake - after a booking blunder caused a mix-up with the flights.
Lamenda Kingdon, 62, had booked the trip to Granada, Spain, using her late husband's air miles as part of a "bucket list" of activities after being diagnosed with breast cancer and a brain tumour.
But instead of booking Mrs Kingdon on a two-hour flight, air miles travel firm Avios put her on a 10-hour British Airways flight to Grenada, in the Caribbean.
She only realised the mistake two hours into her flight last month when she told a passenger she was looking forward to seeing the Alhambra Palace, and the passenger replied: "Not on this flight, you won't be."
According to the Daily Mail, she said: "I looked at the ticket and it did indeed say Grenada. I had noticed the departure and arrival times were vastly different – but I presumed that had something to do with the time difference."
Mrs Kingdon was eventually put on a flight back to Gatwick at a scheduled stop in St Lucia.
She was put up in a hotel for the night and had her points reimbursed, while a flight to Malaga, the nearest major airport to Granada, was arranged for the following day.
An apologetic Avios also gave her enough points for her next dream destination of New Zealand.
And the ending is even happier than that, because since her return from her trip, Mrs Kingdon has been given the all clear by her cancer doctors and hopes to make her next trip next year.
She told the Plymouth Herald: "Looking back on the Granada mix up, I genuinely don't blame anyone.
"The person on the other end of the phone probably just misheard me. I honestly didn't notice the spelling difference.
"But I'm certainly not complaining. They treated me wonderfully once they found out what had happened."
Body of missing Jamaican man found in pond in Cayman Islands
Police in the Cayman Islands say the body that was discovered in a pond in George Town early Monday October 28th 2013, is 35-year-old Patrick Leonard Williamson, a Jamaican national.
Detectives confirm they are treating the death as suspicious.
Media reports are that around 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, authorities received a report of a missing person, after which an investigation was launched.
“He was reported missing from his home address at Courts Road Sunday evening,” according to Chief Inspector Brad Ebanks. “It is believed that he was last seen alive during the early hours of Saturday, 26 October 2013.
Gov't actively looking into reforming ganja law
Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding has said active consideration is being given to reforming the law relating to ganja in Jamaica to allow its use, but within certain parameters.
Those boundaries include possession of marijuana for medical use, scientific research, religious purposes, and possession of small amounts of ganja (that is amounts of up to two ounces) for recreational use. It is also considering permitting the smoking of ganja in private places.
The justice minister made the disclosure during last Friday's sitting of the Senate while responding to questions posed by Opposition Senator Robert 'Bobby' Montague who queried, among other things, whether the Government would consider legalising ganja for medical use.
The justice minister, however, made it clear that the considerations were just that.
Golding said a draft Cabinet Submission had been prepared and was being reviewed within the Ministry of Justice before being sent to other ministries, departments and agencies for their comments after which it would be sent to Cabinet for consideration
U.N. investigators visited Cuba to discuss N. Korean freighter
A team of United Nations experts was in Havana last week to talk about the Cuban weaponry found aboard a North Korea-bound freighter this summer, showing that Cuban officials have at agreed to discuss the shipment, according to a Japanese media report.
Luxembourg Ambassador Sylvie Lucas, chair of the U.N. Security Council committee that supervises sanctions on North Korea, told the Japanese Kyodo News Service that the team of experts who advise the committee had returned from Cuba on Friday.
Kyodo quoted Lucas as saying that the team went to Cuba for “consultations on the consignments discovered” on the North Korean freighter Chong Chon Gang.
She gave no other details, but the visit clearly signaled that the Cuban government has been cooperating with the U.N. inquiry into the case since the experts could not have flown to Havana without government approval.
The Chong Chon Gang was seized by Panama authorities in July on a tip that it was carrying illegal drugs as it prepared to cross the Panama Canal on a voyage from Cuba to North Korea. Instead, searchers uncovered Cuban weaponry hidden under 10,000 tons of sugar.
Havana later confirmed the ship carried 420 tons of weapons but claimed it was “obsolete” equipment on its way to North Korea to be upgraded and returned to Cuba. Independent reports said some of the weaponry was in “mint” condition.
Public workers get salary increase in St Vincent
Public servants in St.Vincent will benefit from a salary increase of 1.5 per cent which will not be taxed when they are paid this week.
The money is half of the three per cent salary increase owed to them since January 2011.
Half of the amount was paid last year, and on Sunday which was Independence Day, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves confirmed that the money would be paid this week.
“As our Government has demonstrated repeatedly, we keep our promises solemnly which we make to our people, even though sometimes, now and again, infrequently, circumstances may conspire to cause delays in the delivery of a specific promise,” Gonsalves said as he delivered his Independence Day address.
“Accordingly, in their October pay check next week, all categories of public servants, including daily-paid employees will receive backdated to January the 1, 2011, a one-and-a-half per cent increase in salary, the balance to the heretofore-agreed salary increase,” he said as he addressed the Military Parade at Victoria Park, in Kingstown.
Sirte gunmen snatch $54m from bank van
Libya's state news agency says gunmen have stolen $54m in an attack on a van carrying foreign and local currency for the Libyan central bank.
Ten men stopped the van as it entered the city of Sirte from the airport. The cash delivery had been flown 300 miles (500km) from the capital, Tripoli.
"The robbery is a catastrophe for the whole of Libya," Abdel-Fattah Mohammed, head of Sirte council, told Reuters.
Libya has suffered continuing lawlessness since the 2011 civil war.
Briton Charged With Hacking US Government Computers
A British man has been arrested for allegedly hacking into the computers of several U.S. government agencies and the U.S. military.
Lauri Love has been charged with infiltrating thousands of computer systems, including those of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NASA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A federal grand jury in New Jersey charged Love, alleging he and his unnamed co-conspirators hacked into computer systems between October 2012 and October 2013.
Once inside, Love and others placed hidden "shells" or "back doors" within the compromised networks, which allowed them to return to the systems and steal confidential data.
The indictment said the stolen data included the personally identifying information of military service personnel and others.
British authorities said Monday that Love also was charged under a U.K. law that allows people to be arrested for starting attacks from the U.K. on computers anywhere in the world.
He was arrested Friday at his home about 110 kilometers north of London. He has been released on bail until February.